Time to get INTENSE!! - Maximize Intense log!

[mkretz]

First of all id like to give a huge thank you to I force nutrition for giving me the opportunity to log this product. A little background on my pre workout usage .......... I have tried almost every one out there, you nam eit I have probably tried it. The ones that i have used a full tub would be jacked, superpump 250, superpump max, wyked, white flood V1, napalm, shock therapy, original n.o. xplode, anadraulic state gt, and of course maximize V2.

current stats.... age - 22
weight- 145
lifting schedule/split - chest/bis, back, shoulder/traps, arms, legs...........
workout - usually start each workout with more of a power move.....lower reps not to failure, try to use bands if possible (band bench, jump squats, cleans) then go into hypertrophy work....i took about 2 weeks of jsut going short of failure or jsut to failure to ligthen up a littel bit, yest. marked my first day back at intensity techniques like drop sets and what not.
Diet- 3500 cals a day, carb cycle.....high days are 300/350/100 p/c/f mod days 300/200/166 off days are jsut protein and fat and usually shoot for around 2600 cals
Goals - put on sum damn weight....i was once a college football palyer, much bigger/stronger/faster lookin to get some of that back, i had gotten very sick...down to 112 lbs in the hospital and workin to try and get back....i also have testosteone issues, i have rescently entaken off hrt soooo im tryin out some DAA to hope it can do somethin for me


now to my initial thoughts on MAXMIZE INTENSE!!!!

taste - i mixed 1 scoop in about 20 oz of water which is kinda alot so it wasnt a strong taste at all....if u have tried V2 it is much less intense of a taste than that. Also V2 had a very strong smell to it, this does not....a different taste, not bad at all, not the best i have ever had but still very good, liek i said it was pretty diluted too.

mixability- thought it all dissolved right away but it didnt after abotu 5 min. there was sum on he bottom but i jsut shook it up a few more times and seen nothing after that, and no clumps or anythign so mixability was good!

-pumps - shoudler days dont usually give me too much of a pump for some reason but today there was defr sumthing going on haha.....even doing power movements of jsut 6 reps like banded military press i was getting a pump in my delts which is VERY rare since its low reps and presses are a compoun movement and arent compeltely focused on my delts......def noticed a huge pump after doing a drop set of high pulls on the smith machine which felt awsoem

- energy - i noticedit took a little longer to kick in than i thought it would BUT once it kicked in it was good stuff...i woudltn say it was CRAZY energy like some pre workouts give you, I had drank abotu a half cup of coffee and a cup of green tea before too.....and i didn't finish the full scoop so take it as u will with gauging it for now .......

- focus - honestly cant sy i noticed much of an intense focus but it was only the first tiem, i was pretty focused already soo i dunno....will def. keep an eye on this!

so far so good hope to hear some good stuff from you guys !!!

[VaughnTrue]

If you didn't find the energy insane, make sure to take 1 full scoop. Only uses 6-8oz water next time as well.




Great start!

[stopstalking]

8 oz water works best for me. This is with one scoop.

[StackedCop]

In

Im getting very jealous watching these logs!!

[mkretz]

glad to have u guys in !....gonna make srue to take the full scoop tonight ....like i said i did one scoop but didnt finish it cuz i usually sip on my preworkouts throughout the workouts and i had plenty of energy, which is a damn godo thign if u ask me!...arm workout tonight so teh pump should be crazy, i will relaly be able to comment on that tonight, cant wait! also will be able to see how i can sleep after taking it al ittle later at night, wish me luck lol

[StackedCop]

How'd a full scoop go?

[mkretz]

today's workout was not the best, but for INTENSE id say it was a good day...... i say this because iw as waiting for my buddy to show up to workout and he was about an hour late sooo i was ready to go for a while and then when he did show kinda kept me outta my focus ya know, i liek to really zone in when i work out, and wasnt able to really ever do this...it also took a while which i wasnt happy with.......bu heres y i said intense shined.....i sipped on it throughout and never lsot energy even after 2 hours when we finallyleft (3 hours after i had started dirnking intense) i still had plenty of energy sooo A+ on that!

[mkretz]

quick rundown of the workout.....was supposed to be an arm workout but kinda turned more into a chest workout cuz the gym we were at had chains and sum other fancy thigns we wanted to use.....

5x5 chain bench (actually shot a video of a set of these i will post when its up)

negative focused drop bench - hooks with weights are on teh bar but when u get to the bottom of the motion tehy fall off and then u do reps, so ur doing a negative with a lot of weight and then do actualy reps

135x10 (these are weights after the 70 lbs or so falls off)
145x8
155x8
175x6

3 sets of weighted dips (chains on neck) drop set on last set

skull crushers

65x15
75x10
75x8+2
75x10+3 (forced) Drop to 55 x 12+3 plus presses, good burn!!!

banded preacher curl
35x15
45x10
45x10
50x8 drop 40x 12

hammer curl
25x12
27.5x12
30x12 drop 25x12, 20x15

2 sets with fat grips on 20 lbs x 12

big ss with str8 bar pushdowns, rev grip pushdowns and cable curls 3 sets

[mkretz]

me and a buddy shot a few videos on chain benching and squatting and sum glute bridges, hope to have them up soon and ill share jsut for the hell of it!...............i will update later with today's workout!

[StackedCop]

me and a buddy shot a few videos on chain benching and squatting and sum glute bridges, hope to have them up soon and ill share jsut for the hell of it!...............i will update later with today's workout!

Awesome! Looking forward to the vids

[mkretz]

ok so today was a leg wrkout.....so of course i decided to take more than a scoop......also had some coffee before haha, liek i said im a bit of a stim junkie....anyways, never actually finished teh intense (pretty close though) but aain it was a very lon workout cz i was with my buddy again....a little more focused thouh cuz after the first 3 eercises we went off and id our own thing.......

banded squat (for explosiveness at power, really exploding at the top

4 sets of 6


chain squat

135 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3

glute bridges

285 x 10
315 x 10
365 x 8
365 x 8

leg press

270 x 20
360 x 20
450x10
470 rp to 10 doule drop 360 x 15 270 x 15

glute ham raise 3 sets, dont remember weight

DB RDLs (did these before glute ham raises)

70x15
80x12
85x10
90x8 drop 60 x 15

lyign leg curl
70x15
70x12 drop 50 x 10
70x10 drop 50 x 10

leg ext

90x15
100x15 drop 70 x 15
110x14 drop 90 x 10 70 x 15 witha hold on last rep

intense worked great...although when i got to work after my pwo meal i felt a little hung over and out of is, hopefully that was from eating and not from the pre w/o cuz i hate getting that feeling i feel like i jsut wanna go to bed,

[mkretz]

off day today, did a little cardio and sum calves, nuttin crazy...feeling a littel drained/depressed lately, kinda worried with my whole test. issue.... prolly just stress, got alot goin on.......... bright side, GOING TO THE ARNOLD ON SATURDAY!!

[mkretz]

alright guys, back on that intense today for a nice chest/bi workout......I was able to lift by myself and really focus again....i usually have a hard ime gettin a good pump in my chest and really feeling my chest work, my other muscle just tend to take over, but today i was extra focue and mentally thought abotu contracting my pecs with each rep, if that meant lowering the weight than o well ......felt great, pumps were incredible for chest and bis, weight is not all that matteers, fucsing on contractions and slow eccentrics gave me one of the best pumps ive had in a long ass time , oo and im sure the intense didnt hhurt :-)


quick rundown

banded bench 4x6 105,115,115,135

DB incline
60x10
60x8
40x15, 40x14, 40x12......really squeezed and usedslow eccentrics

Decline smith
145x12
145x10
145x10

fly machine ss incline hammer strength....dont remember weights 3 sets double drop on last set on hammer strength

DB press with twist - i love the teisitng motion on flys and presses, really gives me a strong contraction at the top of the motion
30x15
35x12
35x10

chesst was pretty shot at this poit but still did 3 sets of wide drip BW dips with short rest periods, think i got about 15,12,12 with a few negative reps really slow on the last set

and a few high rep cable flys

for bis - barbell curl - strict form!

60x8
60x8
60x8
60x8 + 2 cheat reps then double drop 40,30

cable preacher curl....forgot weights, but sets were 12-15, 10-12, 10-12 with a drop on last set

incline curl - 15x15

17.5 x 12 drop 10x10
17.5x10 drop 10x10

intense def had me goin today, made sure to finish the whoel scoop today and felt great, more ocus and mroe pump than before, BACK TOMORROW..... gona try to relaly focus on contractions again, its hard for back though i jsu wanna move weight sumtimes haha

[mkretz]

ok so today's workout was GREAT!!! i was pretty tired most of the day but i got an absolutely INTENSE focus goin on today and jsut felt on top of the world the whoel workout....got great contractions in my back and jsut overall a great back workout... quick rundown

reverse banded rack pull

275x8
315x8
335x8
345x6

rev. banded bent over row

185 x 12
225x10
245x 8
245x10! all really solid reps very bent over minimal swing

pendlay row

105x10
110x10
115x10 Rest, +2

wierd grip front pull down hammer strength row.....(weird grip = palms facing out thumless grip, hard to explain)

forgot exact weights, sets were 15, 12,12, think i only got 8 was shooting for 10 on the last set with a drop set

hammer strength low row..... squatting in front of the machine so u can pull real low...got a sick lat contraction on all sets of this....same rep scheme as exercise before

banded behind the head lat pulldown 3 x12 60lbs

tbar VERY strict controlled with squeezing at the top for a second

70 x 20
80 x 17
90 x 15 drop 70, 60

overhand str8 bar low row ss underhand str8 bar low row....such a good superset really fried the lats, good contractions on all

3x15

str8 bar one arm pull down

3x 15 - 30 lbs

leg press calf raise - strict form
270x15
320 x 12
340x10
340x10 drop 270

donkey calf machine
170x15
200x12+3
200x10+3
230x8+5 drop 170, 140

[StackedCop]

off day today, did a little cardio and sum calves, nuttin crazy...feeling a littel drained/depressed lately, kinda worried with my whole test. issue.... prolly just stress, got alot goin on.......... bright side, GOING TO THE ARNOLD ON SATURDAY!!

I read in another thread about your test issues. Thats crazy man your young!!

[mkretz]

I read in another thread about your test issues. Thats crazy man your young!!

yea went throghou alot gettin real sick and dorpping to about 100lbs.... thinking this is where my test stopped or around that time, im hoping as i put on weight it will start being made again....only thin gis its hard to put on weight with no testso i dunno maybe the DAA will help although i had taken it in the past, only other thing is we might try clomid (again).......... as for now all i can do is lift and eat and hope for the best and thats what im doing

[baldwanus]

dunno how i missed this one....count me in



glad you're liking it so far man! i know it was a few workouts back; but i TOTALLY feel you on the "gym partner showed up late" thing.....kids i used to lift with about 2 years ago, would always talk the night before and say "okay be at the gym for 10:30 tomorrow morning"....10:30 rolls around the next day, im getting ready to drive to the gym and the other 2 are still at home just having their morning cup of coffee...would spend so much time waiting around for them to get ready. this is why i lift alone these days

[mkretz]

dunno how i missed this one....count me in



glad you're liking it so far man! i know it was a few workouts back; but i TOTALLY feel you on the "gym partner showed up late" thing.....kids i used to lift with about 2 years ago, would always talk the night before and say "okay be at the gym for 10:30 tomorrow morning"....10:30 rolls around the next day, im getting ready to drive to the gym and the other 2 are still at home just having their morning cup of coffee...would spend so much time waiting around for them to get ready. this is why i lift alone these days

sme here man, maybe one day we'll find a partner as dedicated as us!

[mkretz]

sry guys gotta get to bed but ill still try to give a rundwon o the workout.....

power movement - 5 sets push press working up to 145x3 solid explosive reps...short of failure for power

db press 50x8
50x8
40x12 slow negative controlled reps
40x12

smith high pull

95x15
105x12
115x8+2 Drop 95 x 15
115 rp to 15 ds 95 rp to 15 drop 85 x 15

lateral raise machine ss machine press
dont remember weights but each was 10-12 reps witha drop on the last set of machine presses

leaning DB laterals were before high pulls

25x12
25x12
25x12 drop 20 x 12

leaning over in the lateral raise machine for rear delts.....3 sets of 12

rope face pulls on low cable machine, real good squeeze 3 sets 10-12 drop on last one

DB shrugs - worked up to 100s for 2 solid sets of 10 with a drop to failure on 75s and 55s

prone on incline db shrug 3 x 12 with 50's


great pump once again....now im on a high and gotta try to sleep, wish me luck !!!

[hvactech]

how many logs are you runnin?